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How can find-change grep only on Masters

Forum|Forum|11 years ago
July 27, 2014
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Hi everyone,

I want to find-change (multi line of options) only on master

idea inspire by this line, but I am not going to find-change digit

How can I find-change only in the master pages?

thanks

Teetan

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Correct answer Kai Rübsamen

Repeating a script multiple times is surely not a good solution. I would do it in the following way.

Try to understand what is going on here and see the differences between these lines and the last script!

if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) { 
    if ( app.scriptPreferences.version >= 6 ) {
        app.doScript( main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Search in masterpages" );         
    } 
    else {
        main();
    }
} else {
    alert ( "No documents open!" );
}

function main() {

    // Your settings
    // ---
    var searchList = [
        [ "USA" , "Obama" ],
        [ "rocket" , "sky" ],
        [ "New York" , "Los Angeles" ]
    ];

    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
    var target = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem();
    
    for ( var j = 0; j < searchList.length; j++ ) {
        var curSearch = searchList;
        app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = curSearch[0];  
        app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo= curSearch[1];  
        target.changeGrep();  
    }     
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; 
} // main

– Kai

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Teetan_VKAuthor

Inspiring

quite amazing!

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Teetan_VKAuthor

Inspiring

Hi

and thank you all guys, for your help

appreciate

Teetan

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Teetan_VKAuthor

Inspiring

thank you jarek,

and sorry

thank you all guys

I will repeat the script again and again

Teetan

Kai RübsamenCorrect answer

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Repeating a script multiple times is surely not a good solution. I would do it in the following way.

Try to understand what is going on here and see the differences between these lines and the last script!

if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) { 
    if ( app.scriptPreferences.version >= 6 ) {
        app.doScript( main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Search in masterpages" );         
    } 
    else {
        main();
    }
} else {
    alert ( "No documents open!" );
}

function main() {

    // Your settings
    // ---
    var searchList = [
        [ "USA" , "Obama" ],
        [ "rocket" , "sky" ],
        [ "New York" , "Los Angeles" ]
    ];

    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
    var target = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem();
    
    for ( var j = 0; j < searchList.length; j++ ) {
        var curSearch = searchList;
        app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = curSearch[0];  
        app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo= curSearch[1];  
        target.changeGrep();  
    }     
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null; 
} // main

– Kai

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Hi,

As Kai said, to understand a code is a basic step you should do.

I would modify Kai's code in case of mTarget declaration point ==> I mean I would redeclare it inside each for...loop's run (at the end of loop).

Just in case we are working with changing contents here.

Jarek

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Teetan_VKAuthor

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Hi,

Jeark

We here made a misundersdanding:

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

app.doScript('main()', ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Find-change on master" );

function main(){

app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "USA";

app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "Obama";

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "rocket";

app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "sky";

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "New York"; // only work on this line

app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "Losangeles";

var

mTarget = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem(),

catchOption = app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages;

app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;

mTarget.changeGrep();

app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = catchOption;

}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

it will not work on a list

//==========================================================

Hi

Jarek

but what if I want change a long list of text or grep?

Regard

Teetan

//==========================================================

so it will only can change one thing right?

thank you for your help, thank you so much

Teetan

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Legend

Hi,

Agree, it is a misunderstanding at sure.

Jarek

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Teetan_VKAuthor

Inspiring

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Use same way as for digits is used: define a target and call it like: target.changeGrep()

If your target is a collection of every stories on masterSpreads ==> you are proccessing find...change on masters in fact.

i.e.

mTarget = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem();

mTarget.changeGrep();

You have to set all desired preferences and options of course.

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

How can I do that?

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Teetan_VKAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Jarek

I am so blunt

Can it be more specific?

Teetan

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Legend

Hm,

code from a post no 4 is ready to run.

It finds each occurence of "USA" (can you see the line to edit?) on master pages of any opened document and change it to "Obama" (can you see the line to edit?).

Jarek

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Laubender

Community Expert

Unless the text frame or the layer it is sitting in is locked.

Or otherwise unavailable:
Like nested inside a group, a MSO, some other object, anchored to a text frame…

Uwe

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Teetan_VKAuthor

Inspiring

Hi, Jarek

Can you tell the solution, please!

where I can put ot change this:

mTarget = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem();

mTarget.changeGrep();

Teetan

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Legend

Hi,

So the one from post no 4 is not a solution?

Jarek

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Teetan_VKAuthor

Inspiring

Hi, Jarek

I change it into this:

app.doScript('main()', ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Find-change on master" );

function main(){

catchOption = app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages;

app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;

app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "USA";

var

mTarget = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem(),

mTarget.changeGrep();

mConFound = [],

len = mFound.length;

if (len && mFound[0].constructor.name == "Array")

	while (len-->0)
	mConFound = mConFound.concat(mFound[len]);

len = mConFound.length;

while (len-->0) {

mConFound[len].contents = "Obama";

}

app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = catchOption;

}

but not work

Teetan

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Legend

Hi,

What about this:

app.doScript('main()', ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT , [], UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Find-change on master" );
function main(){
app.findGrepPreferences = changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "USA";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "Obama";
var
mTarget = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem(),
catchOption = app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
mTarget.changeGrep();
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = catchOption;
}

Jarek

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Teetan_VKAuthor

Inspiring

Hi

Jarek

but what if I want change a long list of text or grep?

Regard

Teetan

Jump_Over

Legend

Hi,

Use same way as for digits is used: define a target and call it like: target.changeGrep()

If your target is a collection of every stories on masterSpreads ==> you are proccessing find...change on masters in fact.

i.e.

mTarget = app.documents.everyItem().masterSpreads.everyItem().textFrames.everyItem();

mTarget.changeGrep();

You have to set all desired preferences and options of course.

Jarek

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